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Old 01-21-11, 09:58 AM
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^ if you don't regularly check your tire for camber wear and flip them to keep the wear even, two words:

not much.

that's assuming you have symmetrical tires.
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what drop do u have??
Old 01-22-11, 10:17 PM
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^^what do u mean? im on bc coils...not sure how many inches but im tuckin tire. my fender almost meets the rim.

projectdna what do u mean by symmetrical?
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lowered the car more...here is new alignement specs. we only messed with the front toe. however now it feels like the steering wheel shakes at like 50-70 mph...could that be due to the alignement, or maybe my tires being unevenly worn??
Old 03-01-11, 09:28 PM
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Don't expect much service life from your tires. With the camber you're running, you can't help but suffer genuine camber wear.
Old 03-01-11, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by MashinA
^^what do u mean? im on bc coils...not sure how many inches but im tuckin tire. my fender almost meets the rim.

projectdna what do u mean by symmetrical?
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...jsp?techid=180

if you can't flip the tires from left to right to even out the camber wear because of the assymetrical (and directional) tread pattern (a la michelin pilot sport ps2), you're not going to get much life out of them.

the hellaflush/cambered look is not exactly great for daily driving (let alone performance driving), unless you have deep pockets to replace tires more often than you'd like.
Old 03-07-11, 09:45 PM
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if you get over 3.5-4 on camber then your tires wont last over 10k ,but if its 2.0 2.5 around 15k and if you inver tires to wear on both side I got 23k out of my tires on 2front- 2.5 rear camber
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So camber is inside thread wear and toe is how far out the tire sticks out? And if your camber is in check, you should be able to drive longer without thread wear?
Good post, I have to go back to check my alignment sheet.
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Gotta get my alignment too!
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This is how my camber is set from a dedicated tire installation/alignment shop - the intial read out is a supposed alignment done by the dealership. It's adjusted to my weight and set for street use.


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